User:CarrieBerg/A Lonely City

I step outside and I’m blinded

By the light of the sun

I don’t know if it’s the Light of Truth

Or just the lies we tell everyone

I turn around and I can see again

Or is it a Shadow of a Doubt

Darkness surrounds me

Even though it’s still light out

Please don’t shout

I can still hear

Though I can’t see

Can you see me?

I walk away and I am lost

I seem to be in a haze

Wandering around aimlessly

Like I have been for days

As I travel on my solitary way

I pass by others on the street

We nod politely as we pass

But no one ever seems to speak

Who did I meet?

I can still see

Though I can’t say

Can you talk today?

There is nothing wrong it seems

There are people all around

The only difference today

Is that they make no sound

No one seems to stop and chat

They stoically ignore all in their way

As if they are the only people

To walk the Earth today

What did you say?

I can still talk

Though I can’t hear

Are you near?

I remember when the streets

Were full of pedestrian noise

People walked and talked

Instead of listening to toys

People isolate themselves

Music becomes a protective frost

Cut off reality and we are

A population of the lost

What is the cost?

Do you know?

The price we pay

Adds up each day

Each day I watch the people

Draw back a little more

Alone, but not yet lonely

They are quickly opening that door

Absorbed with their gadgets

They forget about this fact:

Technology cannot replace

The joys of human contact

Is that what you lack?

Can you see?

Are you talking on your phone?

Do you hear you are alone?